Week ahead: Global services and US Fed in the spotlight
Financial markets' will shift their focus back towards global services sector conditions and central banks.
Preliminary survey results on both sides of the Channel, on Friday, will provide investors with up-to-date readings on the current state of play in that sector as well as in manufacturing.
Consensus both for the UK and the euro area is for a slight slowdown in services activity, as economic reopenings slow, albeit alongside a slight further pick up in factory sector growth in August.
Brexit talks are due to resume between the UK and the European Union on Tuesday.
Reports on British consumer prices and retail sales for July are also due out, on Wednesday and Friday, respectively.
Rate-setters on the US Federal Open Market Committee are also due to meet on Wednesday.
No change in policy is expected but Barclays does anticipate that the meeting minutes will show the Fed reaffirming a shift in the central bank's strategy for maintaining price stability towards inflation targeting.
"We will pay attention to whether the committee sees forward guidance as including thresholds on both, unemployment or inflation and whether yield curve control has support," they added.
Geopolitics and international trade will figure large in the background given recent events in the Middle East and Belarus and after a planned review of Beijing's progress in implementing its phase one trade deal commitments was unexpectedly postponed during the previous week.
Monday 17 August
INTERIMS
BATM Advanced Communications Ltd., Horizon Discovery Group, MTI Wireless Edge Ltd.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (EU) (10:00)
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
AGMS
Cranswick
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Castings, Mountview Estates
Tuesday 18 August
INTERIMS
Kaz Minerals , Marshall Motor Holdings, Mears Group, Persimmon, TBC Bank Group, Telit Communications
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Dewhurst
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Building Permits (US) (13:30)
Housing Starts (US) (13:30)
Q2
TBC Bank Group
FINALS
BHP Group
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Alternative Liquidity Fund Limited
AGMS
Aseana Properties Ltd., Northern Bear, Public Joint Stock Company Polyus (REG S) , Tatton Asset Management
Wednesday 19 August
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
British American Tobacco, Merchants Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
Current Account (EU) (09:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Wholesale Price Index (GER) (07:00)
AGMS
Albion Venture Capital Trust, Braemar Shipping Services, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (09:30)
Producer Price Index (09:30)
Retail Price Index (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
National Grid
Thursday 20 August
INTERIMS
Antofagasta, Bank of Georgia Group, Capital Limited (DI), Churchill China, Georgia Capital
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Anglo American, Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Chemring Group, CLS Holdings, Croda International, Croma Security Solutions Group, Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd (Bermuda), Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (Jersey), Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (Singapore), Domino's Pizza Group, Drax Group, Glanbia, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Bermuda), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Jersey), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Jersey), Jardine Strategic Holdingd Ltd. (Bermuda), Jardine Strategic Holdingd Ltd. (Jersey REG), Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd. (Singapore), London Stock Exchange Group, M&G, Plus500 Ltd (DI), Prudential, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Rotork, Schroders, Schroders (Non-Voting), Standard Life Aberdeen, UDG Healthcare Public Limited Company
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
M Winkworth
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Blackrock North American Income Trust , Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV, Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV, Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
Philadelphia Fed Index (US) (13:30)
Q2
Bank of Georgia Group
GMS
Pelatro
FINALS
Frasers Group , Van Elle Holdings
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Artemis VCT, Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV
AGMS
AO World, Landore Resources Ltd., New Century AIM VCT, Norish Units, Nuformix, Tasty, Tata Steel Ltd GDR (Reg S), Ventus 2 VCT, Ventus VCT, Vertu Motors
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Capital Limited (DI)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Retail Sales (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Sirius Real Estate Ltd.
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI), Blue Planet Investment Trust, First Property Group
Friday 21 August
INTERIMS
Kingspan Group
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Independent Inv Trust, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV, Primary Health Properties, Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited NPV
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00)
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Keller Group
EGMS
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd GDR (Reg S), Societatea Energetica Electrica SA GDR (Reg S)
AGMS
Adams, Naspers Ltd. ADR, Polo Resources Ltd. (DI), VR Education Holdings
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CBI Industrial Trends Surveys (11:00)
Public Sector Net Borrowing (09:30)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Anexo Group , Keller Group